Death toll crosses 300 as flash floods ravage northwestern Pakistan
Disaster agency says the majority of deaths happened in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan.
![Buildings damaged in flash floods caused by torrential rains are seen in a remote, mountainous village, in Chositi area, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, August 14, 2025. [AP]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F08%2FAP25226392635556-1755179595.jpg&q=12&output=webp&max-age=110?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Drone footage showed workers in India’s Uttarakhand building a makeshift bridge across a gorge after flash flooding.
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More than 100 people are missing after floods swept through a village in Uttarakhand.
![Damage after a cloudburst triggered a mudslide near Harsil, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, northern India, August 5, 2025 [Handout via the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF)]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F08%2F13244135-1754477228.jpg&q=12&output=webp&max-age=110?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Among the missing are at least eight soldiers from a nearby army base.
![View of the damage amid heavy rains in Dharali, Uttarakhand, India [Reuters]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F08%2F2025-08-06T091101Z_493865763_RC2K1GAXJ6HV_RTRMADP_3_ASIA-WEATHER-INDIA-FLOODS-1754477234.jpg&q=12&output=webp&max-age=110?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)